n.
Variant: also ye · shi · vah
Pronunciation: y ə - ' sh ē -v ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural yeshivas or ye · shi · vot \ - ˌ sh ē - ' v ō t, - ' v ō th \
Etymology: Late Hebrew y ĕ sh ī bh ā h
Date: 1760
1 : a school for talmudic study
2 : an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary
3 : a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction